BILL NUMBER: ACR 134	CHAPTERED  04/26/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   50
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   APRIL 26, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 24, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 30, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Shelley
   (Coauthor:  Senator Burton)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 134--Relative to Census Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 134, Shelley.  Census Day in California.
   This measure would recognize April 1, 2000, as Census Day in
California.




   WHEREAS, The 1990 decennial census failed to count more than
840,000 Californians, the largest undercount of any state in the
nation; and
   WHEREAS, The 1990 undercount caused California to lose the chance
to gain a seat in the United States House of Representatives; and
   WHEREAS, The 1990 undercount resulted in a loss of an estimated
$2.2 billion that would have been targeted for education and health
and human services programs in this state, including vocational
education, adoption assistance, foster care, and Medicaid; and
   WHEREAS, Experts estimate that, without sufficient efforts to
reduce the undercount, the 2000 census could fail to count more than
one million Californians, resulting in a loss of more than $3 billion
to this state; and
   WHEREAS, A complete and accurate count of all residents in the
2000 census is vital to the interests of California because it will
affect, for the next 10 years, congressional representation, state
redistricting, federal formula grant allocations, state funding to
local governments, and local programs and planning activities; and
   WHEREAS, The California Complete Count Committee, created in 1999
by the Legislature and Governor Gray Davis, is directing an extensive
outreach campaign with a budget of $24.7 million to encourage full
participation in the 2000 census by all Californians, especially
historically undercounted populations; and
   WHEREAS, The campaign includes building partnerships with
businesses, community and religious groups, civic organizations,
labor unions, schools, and local and tribal governments; and
   WHEREAS, The campaign's outreach strategies are aimed at
minimizing undercount due to California's mobile and diverse
population, varied housing and living arrangements, and difficulties
in hiring and retaining the large, temporary workforce needed to
follow up on unreturned census forms; and
   WHEREAS, Recognition of April 1 as Census Day in California will
assist efforts to reduce the undercount by highlighting the
importance of the census and encouraging all California residents to
participate; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
recognizes April 1, 2000, as Census Day in California; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall transmit
copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

